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The comprehensive solution to this issue (as we, the researchers mentioned in the article, see it) should be a combination of API safeguards and to have a hardw
by mlady 13y ago
The comprehensive solution to this issue (as we, the researchers mentioned in the article, see it) should be a combination of API safeguards and to have a hardwired "recording" light on Glass.
The API checks would prevent what we were able to do in Malnotes, and the "recording" light would work much like webcams currently do.
A more technical discussion of what we were able to exploit is on Ars Technica in the comments (skip past the trolls).
http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/03/google-glass-spyware-app-is-cute-but-not-the-end-of-the-world/ http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/03/google-glass-spyware...
- eridius 13y agoI agree that a "recording" light would be a great idea, but that will really only protect against malware, not against people who are intentionally trying to surreptitiously take pictures. The reason being that anyone with direct hardware access to the device can find a way to disable the light.
- ridgeguy 13y agoI think a recording light could be defeated by a tiny dot of suitably-colored opaque pigment dabbed onto the recording light. I prefer the earlier poster's thought of a sliding, readily visible lens cover.
- chinpokomon 13y agoThe lens cover would defeat the whole purpose of having an at an instant camera. You may as well pull your cell phone out of your pocket if you have to fumble with removing a lens cover while you're wearing Glass. I understand why people are concerned, but I still believe through my own experience, that the issue is gratefully overblown.